Katherine Judson of the Center for Integrity in Forensic Sciences Speaks on Flawed Forensics and Robert Roberson

In the September 2025 episode of 12:01: The Death Penalty in Context, DPI’s man­ag­ing direc­tor Anne Holsinger inter­views Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS) expert Katherine Judson. Ms. Judson is Executive Director of the Center for Integrity in Forensic Sciences and for­mer Shaken Baby Syndrome/​Abusive Head Trauma Litigation Coordinator for the Wisconsin Innocence Project. In the episode, Ms. Judson pro­vides the his­to­ry behind Shaken Baby Syndrome, and why it is now known by experts as ​“junk sci­ence.” She also explains how SBS was trag­i­cal­ly used as foren­sic evi­dence to secure the cap­i­tal con­vic­tion of Robert Roberson in Texas.